SandHillCrane_PU

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

The British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA), a Tides Canada Initiatives Project

Publication_Date: November, 2009

Title: SandHillCrane_PU

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Ecological Data

Publication_Information:

Publisher: BCMCA

Online_Linkage:

\\vancouverserver\gis\BCMCA\data4Marxan_May2010\Seabirds\seabird_marxan_features.mdb

Description:

Abstract:: The British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA) is a collaborative project assembling and analyzing spatial information about Canada's Pacific Ocean. The overall goal of the BCMCA is to identify marine areas of high conservation value and marine areas important to human use. Results of the project are intended to inform and help advance marine planning initiatives in BC by providing collaborative, peer-reviewed scientific analyses based on the best ecological and human use spatial data at scales relevant to a BC coast-wide analysis.
Purpose:: The purpose of this dataset is to identify areal extents of Sandhill Crane to help inform the marine feature identified at the BCMCA Seabirds Workshop. Data presented as 2km x 2km planning units for MARXAN analysis.
Supplemental_Information:: Refer to the original metadata document for data limitations and usage. Title or link is provided within source information. Data was collected, and compiled by target feature layer using the following data sources: 1. RC Sandhill Crane data (boat_beach_07.shp). 2. Coastal Waterbird Inventory (cwi_bc.shp, cwidat_bc.dbf). 3. BSC British Columbia Coastal Waterbird Survey.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2009

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -133.170554
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.775460
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 54.582709
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.939241

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:: REQUIRED: Reference to a formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of theme keywords.
Theme_Keyword: Sandhill Crane

Place:

Place_Keyword: Canadian Pacific EEZ

Access_Constraints:

This dataset is subject to the terms and conditions of the data use agreements for the source datasets.

Use_Constraints:

This dataset is subject to the terms and conditions of the data use agreements for the source datasets.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Karin Bodtker
Contact_Organization: British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis

Contact_Position: BCMCA Co-Chair

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 1405-207 West Hastings Street
City: Vancouver
State_or_Province: BC
Postal_Code: V6B 1H7
Country: Canada

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 6046965044

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kbodtker@livingoceans.org

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3500

Data_Quality_Information:

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:: Raincoast Conservation Foundation (RC) Sandhill Crane data. Dataset name: boat_beach_o7.shp. Metadata document: bcmca SACR background.doc. Boat_beach: This layer contains coordinates of locations where cranes were sighted on the shoreline during boat or ground surveys. Each point represents a sighting: the number of cranes sighted and the observation date are given in the associated attribute table. These are foraging areas used by both breeding and non-breeding cranes. Locations close to nest sites may form part of a breeding pair's territory. The data contained in layers was gathered between May 5th and August 31st, 2007, primarily by my field assistant, Ingmar Lee, and I. A helicopter survey was carried out in 2006 by Dr. Penn and assistants during a pilot study. That survey helped to identify the types of habitats frequented by cranes on the central coast and potential locations of several nest sites. In 2007 we resurveyed the same area to confirm crane locales. We conducted a 4-day helicopter survey from May 14-17th with Dr. Briony Penn and Don Arney as volunteer pilot. The surveyed area extended from half-way up Aristazabal Island in the north to the south end of Hunter Island in the south (not including the Goose Group), and from the outer coast to the inner islands. The survey primarily covered boggy areas and estuaries. Most of the locations where cranes were flushed from bogs were searched on foot after the nesting season to confirm nest locations. Exploratory boat and ground surveys were conducted throughout the season as we relocated nest sites and visited areas identified by local people as potential crane locales. As these surveys were exploratory and not complete, there may be other crane nest, roost and foraging sites within the study area not represented in the data. Nest, roost, and foraging site fidelity from year-to-year are unknown, but local knowledge of some of these locations indicates that fidelity is likely to be high.

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:: Coastal Waterbird Survey. Dataset name: cwi_bc.shp. Associated tables: cwidat_bc.dbf, cwilut_bc.dbf. Metadata document: cwi_meatadata_26March07.doc. Extent: Coast Wide. Compilation of data from Duck Unlimited and Canadian Wildlife Service. Includes ground surveys (back to 1919), boat surveys, and aerial surveys. The surveys were conducted with the primary purpose of locating concentrations of waterbirds on the coast of British Columbia. Originally the data were received in five separate files (CWIF1.DBF, CWIF2.DBF, CWIF3.DBF, CWIF4.DBF, CWIF5.DBF) and were combined into above tables. Refer to original metadata document for more detail.

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:: Bird Studies Canada (BSC) BC Coastal Waterbirds Survey. Dataset name: BCCWS_polygons.shp. Metadata document: Coastal Waterbird Survey summary metadata March 2007.doc. Volunteer-based monitoring program for coastal waterbirds started in September 1999. The monthly surveys are shoreline-based for the period of September through April. Observers undertake surveys at sites with clearly defined boundaries once per month from September through April, and identify and count all coastal waterbirds with binoculars and/or spotting scope. Purpose is to obtain a relative index of coastal waterbird populations and information on the distribution and ecology of wintering coastal waterbirds in BC. Dataset supplied includes spatial layer. All bird occurrences and counts stored in a raw data format and included within excel spreadsheet; approx 75,000 records. Bird occurrences are documented by site location, rather than individual sighting locations and can be joined to spatial polygon data via SiteCode.

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution: BCMCA 2 km x 2 km planning units for the Canadian Pacific EEZ.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: <<The methods used to create the Raincoast Conservation Foundation (RC) Sandhill Crane data for the BCMCA are as follows >>
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:: \\CRMLTD03\E$\F\Crm1143\Source\080818_SourceDocs\Original_Data\Plants\BCMCA_Plants.gdb

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Re-projected from NAD 1983 UTM Zone 9 to NAD 1983 BC Environment Albers using Project tool and saved as a feature class.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Deleted unnecessary fields using Delete Field tool. Added 3 new fields using Add Field tool: Feature, Data_Source, Dataset_ID. Populated fields using Calculate Field tool. Feature field left blank - no attributes that indicate species. Assumed eelgrass presence based on shapefile name. Data_Source field calculated to equal the name of the dataset from which data was derived. Dataset_ID field calculated to equal the common dataset identifier as categorized by BCMCA.

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Created Metadata.

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person:: Steps up to and including this one complete by Melissa Meneghetti
Contact_Organization: Coastal Resource Mapping

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

<<The methods used to create the Coastal Waterbird Survey dataset for the BCMCA are as follows >>

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: --> Prepared CWI dataset:
Using select by attributes, selected all records within cwidat_bc table where Species = SACR. Related 2 survey tables (cwilut_bc/cwidat_bc) to spatial, and extracted all spatial lines correlating to target feature into a separate feature class. Reviewed Digitized field and where "F2", spatial lines were merged according to each unique combination of SHOREUNITS2 field to create a one-to-one relationship with the survey data. A new field was created (UNIQUEID) in the spatial to provide a sort field for Auto Increment script. An auto increment script was developed to create unique ID's to preserve unique attribute information for records sharing the same single and/or multiple shoreunits. A new field was created (UNIQUEID) in the spatial to provide a link to the survey data . Joined feature table to spatial layer using UNIQUEID field in spatial and SHOREUNIT2 field in table and exported to a feature class.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Deleted all unnecessary fields using Delete Field tool. Added 3 new fields using Add Field tool: Feature, DATA_SOURCE, Dataset_ID. Populated fields using Calculate Field tool. Feature field calculated to equal the COMNAM field. DATA_SOURCE calculated to equal the name of the dataset from which data was derived. Dataset_ID field calculated to equal the common dataset identifier as categorized by BCMCA.

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Metadata Created.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: <<The methods used to create the Bird Studies Canada (BSC) BC Coastal Waterbirds Survey dataset for the BCMCA are as follows >>

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: --> Prepared BC Coastal Waterbirds Survey dataset: Imported excel worksheets "BCCWS raw data 1, raw data 2, raw data 3" from Coastal Waterbird Survey data '99-'08.xls into a geodatabase. To join tables to spatial, created new field, SITECODE, in all 3 tables. Using field calculator, populated SITECODE field with following formula: [RegionCode]& [SiteNumber]. Create one field storing date (ymd) rather than 3 fields. Populated field using field calculator with the following formula: [Year_]&"/"& [Month_]&"/"& [Day_]. To combine all 3 tables into one table, used the Append tool and appended raw data 2 and raw data 3 to raw data 1 table. Deleted "Year_" Month_" and "Day_" fields using Delete Field tool. Added 3 new fields using Add Field tool: Feature, Data_Source, Dataset_ID. Populated fields using Calculate Field tool. Feature field calculated to equal the SpeciesCode field. Standardized the Feature field naming convention to equal the common name of the marine species rather than the abbreviated species code. Data_Source field calculated to equal the name of the dataset from which data was derived. Dataset_ID field calculated to equal the common dataset identifier as categorized by BCMCA.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Re-projected spatial layer from NAD 1983 Albers to NAD 1983 BC Environment Albers using Project tool. All polygons with the same Sitecode were merged so that there were no duplications in the Sitecode field. To ensure areas matched in both the spatial and the survey data, the total shape area in the spatial was summed where duplicate Sitecodes and cross-checked with area recorded in corresponding SiteCode records in raw excel data. Once the areas were verified, duplicate polygons were merged using merge operation (Advanced Editor toolbar) into one and Name field updated to reflect entire survey location. Duplicate SiteCode records were found in GIMA1 (3 records), GIMA2 (4 records), GISE1 (2 records), and QCMA4 (2 records).

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Using select by attributes, selected all records within survey data table where SpeciesCode = SACR and exported into separate feature table. In cases where there were multiple inventory years for same site location, kept only the polygon representing the most current inventory year. Joined feature table to spatial layer using SiteCode field and exported into a feature class. Deleted all unnecessary fields using Delete Field tool.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: <<Reviewed BIEAP dataset: Dataset was not used for feature creation as there were no Sandhill Crane sightings.

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Created Metadata

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person:: Steps up to and including this one completed by Melissa Meneghetti
Contact_Organization: Coastal Resource Mapping

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Planning units intersecting the points, lines, and polygons of the Sandhill Crane data (RC, CWS, and BSC) were selected and exported to a new feature class. The ID field was then created and populated with a unique Marxan ID.

Process_Date: Dec 2, 2009

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Mathew Evans
Contact_Organization: BCMCA

Contact_Position: GIS Contractor

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Unit ID updated to match new BCMCA planning unit IDs

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: O:\BCMCA\Data_Andy_temp_June07\SandHillCrane_PU.xml

Process_Date: June 2010

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Andy Pettersson
Contact_Organization: BCMCA

Contact_Position: GIS Contractor

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 104

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 50.000000
Standard_Parallel: 58.500000
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -126.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 45.000000
False_Easting: 1000000.000000
False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000606
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000606

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000
Altitude_Encoding_Method:: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: SandHillCrane_PU

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI